missing from these photos from an ikea catalog? the answer, women. the story behind why they were erased and why ikea is apologizing today, tuesday, october 2nd, 2012. >>> from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> and good morning, everyone. welcome to "today" on a tuesday morning. i'm savannah guthrie. >> and i'm david gregory in again this morning for matt. this is scary stuff. imagine you're on a flight when you're seat suddenly comes unhinged and starts sliding around a cabin. >> that's happened three times on an american airlines flight, most recently on monday on a flight from new york to miami. while no passengers were injured, the crew was forced to land to deal with that situation. coming up, the defect that could be causing the problem and what's being done to correct it. >>> lots of politics to talk about it on the eve of the first presidential debate. president obama and governor romney will spend the day preparing for the showdown what. message do they need to send to the undecided voters? none ot

missing from these photos from an ikea catalog? women. the story behind why they were erased and why ikea is apologizing, tuesday, october 2, 2012. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good morning. welcome to "today" on a tuesday morning. >> in again for matt. this is scary stuff. imagine you're on a flight when your seat comes unhinged. >> that happened three times on american airlines flight recently on monday on a flight to miami. while no passengers were injured the crew was forced to land to deal with that situation. coming up, the defect that could be causing the problem and what is being done to correct it. >> also a lot of politics to talk about. we're on the eve of the first presidential debate. both president obama and governor romney will spend the day preparing. what message do they need to send to undecided voters tuning in tomorrow night. bill o'reilly is here to talk about his new bookoming up. >> we'll look forward to that a. question, what caused this nasty gash on a killer whale in san diego. was it an accident or was it an attack by other whales? a li

exposed. in 90 seconds, look closely at this ikea ad is missing. this ikea ad is missing. what is it? two years ago, the people of bp made a commitment to the gulf. this ikea ad is missing. what is it? and every day since, we've worked hard to keep it. bp has paid over twenty-three billion dollars to help people and businesses who were affected, and to cover cleanup costs. today, the beaches and gulf are open for everyone to enjoy -- and many areas are reporting their best tourism seasons in years. we've shared what we've learned with governments and across the industry so we can all produce energy more safely. i want you to know, there's another commitment bp takes just as seriously: our commitment to america. bp supports nearly two-hundred-fifty thousand jobs in communities across the country. we hired three thousand people just last year. bp invests more in america than in any other country. in fact, over the last five years, no other energy company has invested more in the us than bp. we're working to fuel america for generations to come. today, our commitment to the gulf, and to amer

closely at this ikea ad is missing. what is it? you'll find out 90 seconds from now. but today...( sfx: loud noise of large metal object hitting the ground) things have been a little strange. (sfx: sound of piano smashing) roadrunner: meep meep. meep meep? (sfx: loud thud sound) what a strange place. geico®. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. >> greta: look at this photo. now look at this photo. notices anything different? is anything or anybody missing? here are the two pictures side by side. see it now? the swedish furniture retailer ikea is coming under attack for literally erasing women out of the catalog. you won't see the difference in all the catalogs, just the saudi version. the saudi arabian version does not include women. ikea released a statement expressing regret, saying we realize that excluding women from the saudi arabia version of the catalog is in conflict with ikea's ideals. is disrespecting women to boost their bottom line or disrespecting standards? go to gretawire.com and tell us what you think. we're back in two. now with a f

work well. >> ikea helping americans go greener, selling only l.e.d.lighting in north american stores two years ago said it had plans to stop selling the light bulbs and today announced it will only offer l.e.d.lights by the year 2016. and there is a spokesperson saying the goal to cut carbon emissions world wide. >> agriculture officials warning milk price koz double if the farm bill isn't renewed. the national milk producers services says government purchases could cause them to rise above $6 a gallon. it provides farm policy for america, right now it's stalled in the house of representatives. california is the largest largest dairy state. >> back to weather there is a is a nrl now. there is a live view from our sutro camera. as you can see this is clear there. lovely day. there is is a look at live doppler 7 hd. sunny skies and right now there are readings 100 degrees in santa rosa and los gatos, 87 here in san francisco down from 90 degrees just a few minutes ago here there is a look at the highlights. warm to hot again tomorrow, cooler the rest of the week and the water vapor sho

block. >>> and ikea is apologizing, now saying it regrets deleting images of women from the saudi version of its catalog. "newsroom" starts now. good morning, and thank you so much for being with us, i'm carol costello, we begin with the growing problem for american airlines. imagine being on a plane and having your seat just detached from the floor while you're in the air. it's happened twice in the last few days on two separate american airline planes. >> passenger seats rows 12d, e, and f came loose out of the floor, and we n't want that thing flying around. the seat is loose and can rotate pretty quickly. >> yesterday a flight from new york to miami had to return to jfk after some seats came loose in the cabin. and last week a seat from boston to miami had to make an emergency landing at jfk in new york after three seats detached from the floor during the flight. affiliate reporter ross colombo from wplg joins us on the phone. i know you've been covering this story for the miami area. it's unthinkable for this to happen not once but twice. >> well, this morning, carol, we're h

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, something to customize the box cabinet. >> you don't want it to look like it came from ikea. >> lighting. >> take two things that look identical and one is more appealing. >> let's talk about the lamps. >> yeah. >> which do you think is more expensive of these two lamps? >> i'm going with this one. >> good pick. however, they are very, very similar. had to think about it for a second. hi to look at it. >> this is an ikea lamp, a lamp that looks really trendy and modern, 30 to 80 bucks somewhere whereas here a designer lamp you're going for over 300. just goes to show when you're staging your home, doing something, think about where you're spending the money, you can save a ton. >> new show buying and selling, about staging a home to sell not spending money. that's why i love this. shows you they are pretty well identical. can you get that designer feel for in the a lot of money. >> you guys do a great job. jonathan and drew scott, and conn gratz on the new show already airing on hgtv. >> wednesday nights. >> there you go. >>> coming up, some down home southern sweets from a